Mail not displaying bmp?

I believe this behavior was present in Snow Leopard before I upgraded to Lion, but I'm not able to see bmp images inline (they also don't show as an attachment) in Mail. I don't know if Mail has always behaved this way, but it's becoming a major annoyance at my new job. My current workaround is to check the email (a Google Apps account) in Safari, where the images are displayed just fine. Has anyone seen this issue before? I guess I could create a new account that only checks this address for testing purposes, but I'm hoping that someone has seen this before and can point me in the right direction. Thanks!
Note, I'm also having this issue on my iPhone with the same (annoying) workaround.

For troubleshooting, I sent myself a BMP that was laying around on my disk, attaching it inline in Mail (to several different addresses), and received it without issue. So apparently, it's an issue with the customers that are sending me BMP files from their Windows XP workstations. No solution, just additional information.

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Is this helpful?
I think so, it indicates to me that they have problems!
This is why the hosting company say it must be a problem with my mail program only.
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